The visiting AL Johnson High School Crusaders football team improved to 2-1 with a 35-11 victory over 1-2 Metuchen on September 14. The Crusaders took a 21-0 lead at the half and touched off the victory with 14 points in the fourth quarter.The Crusaders featured a stiff running game, amassing 274 ya...

Three victories were achieved by the Scotch Plains Fanwood (SPF) PAL football teams during the weekend of September 16-17 in New Jersey Suburban Youth Football League play.On September 17, the SPF Raider A team (8th Grade) scored a 46-19 victory over Perth Amony in Berkeley Heights, while in New Pro...

The 3-1 Rahway High School football team scored 20 points in the first quarter and seven more in the second quarter then cruised to a 27-12 victory over the 1-3 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders at Rahway Park on September 14. Raider junior quarterback Anthony Romano completed 10 of 23 passes for 108 ya...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School field hockey dropped a 6-3 decision to Blair Academy on September 11 then were shut out by the Summit Hilltoppers, 5-0, on September 13.Against Blair, Raider Kayla Murray netted a goal and an assist. Neela Darmarajah and Meredith Reilly each scored once and Gray...

A failed two-point conversion yielded a 21-20, overtime victory for the Cranford High School football team over the Woodbridge Barrons at Memorial Field in Cranford on September 14. After Cougar junior quarterback Tyler Veltre tied the game with a five-yard run and Ryan Carracino kicked the extra po...

Senior Kate Giglio on an assist from junior Brook Morrison, snapped a 2-2 deadlock two minutes into the second overtime period to earn the visiting No. 9 Westfield High School girls soccer team a 3-2 victory over Wayne Valley on September 12. All the previous goals were scored in the first half.Two ...

Ali LaBarbera had a banner afternoon with five goals and two assists to lead the AL Johnson High School girls soccer team to an 11-1 bombardment of the Plainfield Cardinals on September 12.Jessica Koepfler netted a pair of goals and an assist. Clare Brighouse had a goal and two assists. Ava DeMarco,...

Juliana Doran stuffed in a goal and added an assist as the No. 15, 1-0-1 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls soccer team got the best of the Cranford Cougars, 4-1, on September 14. Mia Trombetta dished out three assists. Jasmine Gutierrez-Solana, Angie Amaya and Carina DiLollo each scored once. ...

The Cranford High School field hockey team scored twice in the third quarter then held off Newark Academy for a 2-1 victory on September 13. Lillian Costello and Nora Blanche scored for the 1-2 Cougars andAmelia Wolfe provided and assist. Goalkeeper Lily Goodwin made eight saves. Olivia Croshaw reco...

One quick charge from the left side and a successful shot off the foot of Tyler Manteiro was all it took for the 3-0 Union High School boys soccer team to jolt the No. 11 Westfield Blue Devils, 1-0, at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 12. Two days later, the Blue Devils nipped Don Bosco...